Press Releases

December 27, 2003

Northwest-Based Mercy Corps Delivers Relief Supplies to Iranian Quake Survivors ›

Mercy Corps provides immediate relief to earthquake victims in Bam, Iran. A 5-person team will arrive to assess needs.

August 25, 2003

CBI and Mercy Corps Collaborate on Special Nicaraguan Coffee ›

Mercy Corps and Coffee Bean International are teaming up to produce a special award-winning coffee that will benefit rural farmers in Nicaragua.

June 9, 2003

Mercy Corps Personnel Evacuated From Liberia as War Rages in Monrovia ›

Mercy Corps forced to evacuate staff members in Liberia as fighting increases between government troops and rebel factions.

December 27, 2002

Mercy Corps Brings First Material Aid Shipment into Kandahar ›

Aid shipment arrives in Kandahar City containing relief kits and wheat grain to be distributed throughout the province.

October 24, 2002

Mercy Corps and AGECA Team Up to Feed School Children in Eritrea ›

Mercy Corps', USDA-funded Education Improvement Project delivers its first shipment of high-energy biscuits to rural Eritrean schools to secure attendance.

September 29, 2002

Tazo and Mercy Corps Launch Partnership for India ›

Tazo Tea Company and Mercy Corps have announced a new partnership to support community development in India.

February 10, 2002

Historic Humanitarian Flight Leaves for Kabul, Afghanistan ›

Mercy Corps flies humanitarian supplies to Afghanistan, marking the first time since 1974 a 747 has landed at Kabul Airport.

January 2, 2002

Mercy Corps Meets with Afghan Leaders at Kandahar Office ›

Mercy Corps management has met with senior community representatives to discuss civil society issues, community mobilization and participation in relief and development activities in southern Afghanistan.

December 14, 2001

Mercy Corps Returns to Former Taliban Strongholds ›

After Mercy Corps was forced to close their Kandahar office due to violence, an assessment team has arrived to reopen the base of Afghanistan operations.

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